take a look. >> got obama phone? >> everybody in cleveland, all minorities got obama phones. keep obama as president you know. he gave us a phone. >> gave you a phone? how did he give you a phone? >> you sign up. you on food stamps, social security, low income, disability. melissa: wow that is not really fair. that program has been around for a while. congressman tim griffin from arkansas is trying to revamp the program and take cell phones out of it. congressman, thanks for joining me. yeah. so talk to me about this program. it is called the universal service fund is a fee that you see on your bill. that is how it is collected. what is your problem with this program? i can certainly see the safety benefit. it was started a long time ago to put land lines into homes of low income folks. that made a lot of sense from safety perspective. >> sure. my bill does not touch the land line portion. you're right, to say that the land line portion, the lifeline program, more broadly has been around for a long time but the cell phone component is relatively new. and you didn't have a lot